Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-08
FOR ROAD REPAIRS.
A TOTAL OF slS,325 ASKED FOR BY THE
COMMITTEE
OF the Board Of Commissioners Having Charge Of
. the WOrk-The Estimate Not
Before the Board.

The Board of County. Commissioners
met in regular session yesterday morning,
all the members being present. After the
reading of the minutes the committee re-
ports were read and approved, as follows:
The Committee on Poor House and Farm
reported that it was shown by Superin-
tendent j. Creighton that Morgan Balm
bridge, a very troublesome man, was an
inmate of the Infrmary, and that he had
relatives able to pay his board. The COM
mittee accordingly recommended that the
Prosecuting Attorney be instructed to col
lect ten dollars per month from 7. F.. Por-
ter and wife, No. 2l75 Main street. The
superintendent also presented a note
for $l44.50 left with him by Mary
Groves, who died at the Intirmary
a short time ago. The note was dated De-
cember 10, 1868, and was signed by 5. j.
Ellfritz. 1t was referred to the Prosecut-
ing Attorney for an opinion as to its value.
The bids for clearing up the hill land at
the Infirmary were opened. j. F. Miller
offered to do the work for $l4 per acre, W..
Davis for SIG, and Hiram Shilling for SIS.
The committee deemed the proposals not
s~peciic. and asked that the bidders be mott
fed to meet the committee at the lnfirm-
ary next Thursday. The committee rec
commended for payment bills a~ggregating
$3.50. 30, chargeable to the Poor House and
Farm fund, and $927.0l c~hargeable TO the
county poor fund. The Clerk of the Board
was instructed to write to Thomas Reed, a
Director of the Poor of Beaver county, Pa,
for $40 per month for keeping Maggie
Brown from Nov. 10, 1886, and also for the
payment of a doctor bill Of $40.
The Committee on Roads and Bridges
submitted for payment bills aggregating
$340.4i.
The Committee on Court House and Jail
reported bills a~ggregating S254.T.
The Finance Committee reported that
the Sheriff had returned general school or
ders paid by him aggregatlng Si2O.35 and
his account showed that he bad received
from Justices fines amounting to Si2O.45
The bill of Coroner Schultze, for holding
inouests on the bodies of Nj. Troy, Ellen
M. Frank, John McKown and James kile,
amounting to $G6.2j, including jurors
fees, was allowed.
The Prosecuting Attorney, to whom had
been referred the reports of Justices filed
during the past month, returned them
with the statement that they were correct
with the exception that some of them had
failed to pay over to the Sheriff the lines
received for 1886. The Attorney and
Clerk of the Board were notified to in-
struct the Justices to pay over all fines
promptly.
A number of applications for the posi-
ton Of assistant janitor were made, but
they were deferred, the Committee on
Court House and Jail being meanwhile
asked to give an opinion rs to the salary
which should be paid.
The Prosecuting Attorney was ordered
to get I'D a proper deed for the transfer Of
the old Court House property to the city.
Mr.. Nichols offered a resolution author
izing the Committee on Court House and
Jail to purchase n suitable flag for the
Court House, the same to be placed i'll the
custody of the ~ianitOr. Carried.
Mr.. McGregor offered a resolution al
lowing the School Board the use Of steam
from the Jail to heat the old Court House.
Carried.
Mr.. Speidel offered a resolution author
ling the Committee on Roads M
Bridges to put down n board walk from
the east end OF the Peninsula bridge to the
City cemetery. Carried.
II...r II,,;n, ~ Of tho attratiaa on the
bond of William Carr, constable of Tria-
delphia district, notified the Board thai
he desired to he released. The clerk was
instructed to notify Mr.. Carr to get a new
bondsman.
The official bond of Jas. Creighton, SUI
perintendent of the Infirmary, in the sum
OF 81, 900, was approved.
c. K. Smith was granted permission to
practice law in this State.
Louis TrOsCh Was granted a license to
sell liquor in this county until May /,
1857.
Mr.. Maxwell addressed the Board, ask
ing that The Committee on Roads and
Bridges be allowed appropriations for the
improvement of certain roads i'll the
county, and presented n list Of the same.
Mr.. Speidel asked that the matter he
deferred, as q certain bill had passed the
Legislature which, he thought, would at
feet the matter. President Cruise, calling
Mr.. Nichols to the chair, concurred in
what Mr.. Speidel had said. The statement
by Mr.. Speidel, that the bill he referred TO
had passed was erroneous. The matter
was, however, laid over. The annual esti-
mate Of the Committee on Roads and
Bridges, asking for appropriations aggre-
eating $13, 325, was in the hands of the
Clerk of the Board, but did not come be-
fore the body. The amount appropriated
last year was $13, 200.
Adjourned.